Clamp on current detector
Abstract
Abstract A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING DC CURRENT IN A CONDUCTOR BY SURROUNDING THE CONDUCTOR WITH A MAGNETIC CORE HAVING FIRST AND SECOND CORE SECTIONS, THE SECOND CORE SECTION BEING ADAPTED FOR MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO THE FIRST CORE SECTION AND NORMALLY BIASED TO A CERTAIN RELATIVE POSITION SO AS TO PRESENT A CERTAIN RELUCTANCE TO THE MAGNETIC FIELD PRODUCED BY THE CURRENT IN THE CONDUCTOR. THE SECOND CORE SECTION IS MOVED TO A PREDETERMINED COCKED POSITION THEN RAPIDLY RETURNED TO THE CERTAIN POSITION SO AS TO RAPIDLY CHANGE THE MAGNETIC FLUX IN THE MAGNETIC CORE. THE MAGNETIC FLUX CHANGE IS SENSED BY A SENSING COIL AND PRVIDES AN INDICATION OF THE CURRENT MAGNITUDE. A RESETTING COIL IS ALSO PROVIDED FOR RETURNING THE MAGNETIC CORE TO A PREDETERMINED MAGNETIC CONDITION BY GENERATING A PREDETERMINED MAGNETIC FIELD IN THE CORE IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE MAGNETIC FIELD GENERATED BY THE CURRENT IN THE CONDUCTOR.
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- 👤 Dennis G Vikstrom
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